Thursday, 30 October 2014

Good morning all, I am so very excited to learn that I get to stay on with Dusty Attic for another Design Team term, not only do I get to continue using the amazing products I also get to share this journey with some amazingly talented and lovely ladies :)

I am in the middle of moving my scrapbook room so my scrapping has been minimal at the moment but I have created a few layouts to share with you all.

I created this layout using the large shutter window, minus the side shutters

Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Hi, Vicky blogging today to share a layout I made as a gift for a friend, using a stock photo that can be replaced. I complemented some beautiful Pion Design papers with three gorgeous pieces of Dusty Attic chipboard. Lots of heavy distressing on this shabby-chic layout too.

The first piece of chipboard used was a corner flourish # 1. This is such an elegant flourish and you get 2 pieces per pack! I simply painted it and then used some grey chalk ink on the edges.

The next chipboard piece is a birdcage #5... again you get 2 of these pretty cages per pack. I used some white crackle paint and then lightly brushed it over with grey chalk ink to highlight the cracks.

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Hi everyone, Tina with you today on the blog, you still have a few days to enter the sketch challenge, I really like the sketch at Dusty Attic this month, and was keen to create a layout inspired using it.

I decided to use the ATC frames as my centre piece and then create my layout around these, I love how you can add photos or patterned papers, quotes or anything really and the frames always look great, this was also good for me as I didnt really have a set of 3 photos to create with so I was able to create the effect of the sketch without 3 photos.

I really like the simplicity of this sketch, it allows you to create by leaving empty spaces or fill it in a bit depending on your style, I must admit I struggle with blank spaces and generally mange to sneak some kind of embellishment or something into my spaces :)

I hope you are playing along with these sketches, they are always so nice and the prizes are great, just add your link to the sidebar at the top right.

The products I have used are :

Word pack #3

Teeny Tiny ABC set

ATC frame #4

Elegant Swirl #3

Mini Birds #1These are all available straight from the DUSTY ATTIC Website

Monday, 27 October 2014

Hi, Vicky blogging today to share my Halloween themed layout for The Dusty Attic October Sketch Challenge. Here are my 2 boys doing "snow angels" in their candy a few years ago, LOL. As I was scrapping this picture my daughter begged me to take a picture of her this year doing the same - too cute!

Here is the amazing layout inspiration this month - I just flipped the sketch.

Don't forget to enter your interpretation of the gorgeous layout this month for a chance to win a great chipboard prize package! Link your project to the top right side of the Dusty Attic Blog to enter!

Friday, 24 October 2014

Hi all, Gabrielle here with you today to share my latest layout I made of one of my adorable little great-nieces. I felt like doing a more feminine shabby-chic style page today so I used some papers from the newest Maja Design collection called 'A Gift For You' mixed in with bits and pieces of some of the other Maja Design collections. And of course I accented with lots of my favorite Dusty Attic chippies!

One of my favourite scroll/flourish chippies is the Corner Flourish #1, which I used in the corner of the page design. A way I often like to treat my chipboard pieces is to give it a coat or two of gesso, stamp some random script words on the piece, rub the edges with a bit of brown chalk ink (here I used Ingvild Bolme's 'Branch Bark' ink) and gave the whole thing a coat of crackle varnish.

I made the flowers on this page using a patterned paper in the Maja collection called 'A Gift For You'....I went with the scripty paper called 'Hope to See You Soon', it used both sides of this paper using a EK Success floral punch 'Retro Flower' in 2 medium and large size. I partially inked the edges of the petals with a pink ink (Colorbox Dusty Rose) leaving some areas natural. I then gave them all a light spritz of water and wrinkled the petals. I added some stamen centers to complete the floral design. As an extra accent around the photo I added one of the Dusty Attic Corset chippies and a piece of the Wrought Iron Fence chippies treated with a 3D bronze paint and a dab of Dusty Attic Oceana paint to give it a tarnished look. I also added a small accent in the mini Lock & Keys (under the floral cluster).

Another favourite chipboard piece for me is the Zippers set, here I used it on the inside edge of the banner piece that I cut from a piece of dotted paper from the Maja Design Vintage Spring collection. I used a title chipboard piece from the Dusty Attic Word Packet #4, giving it a similar treatment that I gave the corner flourish. The little butterflies were cut from 'Butterflies are Free' from Maja's 'Coffee In the Arbour' collection.

I was stuck, I did not like changing my photo to Septa,as I love the color in my garden!! The paper won out,I decided to work with the paper!!!But either way,this photo would have popped & worked...

Here are some closeups of detail....

I did not do much to the chipboard. I used on the lighter pieces snickerdoodle Smooch,& on the darker pieces I used black gold Tattered Angels,inking all the edges with a black ink pad.I glued black micro beads, into the chicken wire....

Shows Butterfly,liquid accents & black micro beads on the body.....

Every garden has BUGS,good bugs & bad bugs...

Chipboard Layers.....

Here is a softer LO I did. I made the headband,took the photo & used the headband in my LO....

The Dusty Attic used:

Fancy Trim #2 (DA0446)

Leafy Flourish #2 (DA0874)

Leafy Scroll (DA0764)

Here are a couple Christmas Cards I made:They are from the Maja Design Collection,A Gift for You